Global Patent Index - EP 1678666 B1

EP 1678666 B1 20090204 - STORAGE AND AUTHENTICATION OF DATA TRANSACTIONS

Title (en)

STORAGE AND AUTHENTICATION OF DATA TRANSACTIONS

Title (de)

SPEICHERN UND AUTHENTIFIZIERUNG VON DATENTRANSAKTIONEN

Title (fr)

ENREGISTREMENT ET AUTHENTIFICATION DE DONNEES DE TRANSACTIONS

Publication

EP 1678666 B1 20090204 (EN)

Application

EP 03732729 A 20030619

Priority

  • GB 0302623 W 20030619
  • GB 0215334 A 20020702

Abstract (en)

[origin: GB2390703A] By periodically creating, 20, a table including hash values of data files (e.g. e-mails) held at an audit location, and sending, 28, a hash of the table and/or a hashed encryption key (070, Fig 4A) for the files to a third party for publication, the invention affords the provision, protection and validation of audit trails relating to data generated by and communicated between nodes of a network; authentication of communicating parties; enforcement of proof of receipt of data communications; and the detection of compromised user identifiers. Should a dispute arise over the substance of an authenticated data item, it would be possible to prove the following features of the communication: the content of the message sent; the e-mail location to which the message was addressed; the fact that the message was despatched; the time and date of despatch; the fact that the message was received; the time and date it was received; the fact that the content of the message had not been changed since it was sent; the identity of the sender and the identity of the recipient.

IPC 8 full level

G06F 21/64 (2013.01); G06Q 20/38 (2012.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

G06F 21/64 (2013.01 - EP US); G06Q 20/3829 (2013.01 - EP US); H04L 51/42 (2022.05 - EP US); H04L 63/08 (2013.01 - EP US); H04L 63/126 (2013.01 - EP US); G06F 2221/2101 (2013.01 - EP US); G06F 2221/2151 (2013.01 - EP US); H04L 51/23 (2022.05 - EP US); H04L 63/0435 (2013.01 - EP US); H04L 63/0442 (2013.01 - EP US); H04L 63/0823 (2013.01 - EP US); H04L 63/083 (2013.01 - EP US); H04L 63/0853 (2013.01 - EP US); H04L 63/0861 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (examination)

EP 0281225 A2 19880907 - HEWLETT PACKARD CO [US]

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

GB 0215334 D0 20020814; GB 2390703 A 20040114; AT E422264 T1 20090215; AU 2003240114 A1 20040123; DE 60326092 D1 20090319; EP 1678666 A2 20060712; EP 1678666 B1 20090204; US 2006143462 A1 20060629; US 2012260098 A1 20121011; US 8200760 B2 20120612; US 8656166 B2 20140218; WO 2004006073 A2 20040115; WO 2004006073 A3 20040624

DOCDB simple family (application)

GB 0215334 A 20020702; AT 03732729 T 20030619; AU 2003240114 A 20030619; DE 60326092 T 20030619; EP 03732729 A 20030619; GB 0302623 W 20030619; US 201213494272 A 20120612; US 51982705 A 20051221